Just posted this at apistogramma.com, but given their relative lack of traffic, figured posting it here couldn't hurt either. Any insight would be tremendously appreciated.
Hello folks. Hope you can offer some insight on my current situation. I have a pair of aggie Alenquer that has been giving me a good amount of trouble. According to the people I purchased from, they are captive bred on a Brazilian fish farm, and for numerous reasons, I am inclined to believe them. The issue I am running into involves a female that seems more than willing to breed, and a male that shuns all of her advances, almost to the point of hostility. They are currently in a 20 long, heavily planted, with a small group of habrosus cories as dithers. The temps vary from 76 to 80ish depending, and the ph holds around 6.5. Unfortunately I don't have any kh or gh readings, though my source water has little to no buffering capacity according to a local water report. They are fed a mix of frozen bloodworms, glassworms, nls pellets, and live white worms on occasion. I perform 50% water changes weekly, and am running an AC20 hob filter jammed with floss to dampen the flow. Sorry if I'm missing any info here. Thanks in advance for your time.
Hello folks. Hope you can offer some insight on my current situation. I have a pair of aggie Alenquer that has been giving me a good amount of trouble. According to the people I purchased from, they are captive bred on a Brazilian fish farm, and for numerous reasons, I am inclined to believe them. The issue I am running into involves a female that seems more than willing to breed, and a male that shuns all of her advances, almost to the point of hostility. They are currently in a 20 long, heavily planted, with a small group of habrosus cories as dithers. The temps vary from 76 to 80ish depending, and the ph holds around 6.5. Unfortunately I don't have any kh or gh readings, though my source water has little to no buffering capacity according to a local water report. They are fed a mix of frozen bloodworms, glassworms, nls pellets, and live white worms on occasion. I perform 50% water changes weekly, and am running an AC20 hob filter jammed with floss to dampen the flow. Sorry if I'm missing any info here. Thanks in advance for your time.
